{"id":665830,"date":"2026-03-18T23:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/665830\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T23:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:54:47","slug":"collin-sexton-returns-for-the-bulls-while-isaac-okoro-remains-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/665830\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Sexton returns for the Bulls while Isaac Okoro remains out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Chicago Bulls guard Collin Sexton returned to the lineup on Wednesday night after being sidelined for four games because of a lower left leg contusion.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Billy Donovan said Sexton was available for the team&#8217;s game against Toronto. Sexton got hurt during a 126-110 loss at Sacramento on March 8.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Fellow guard Isaac Okoro was ruled out against the Raptors because of right knee pain. He missed his fifth consecutive game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;d say he&#8217;s probably a little bit longer than day to day,\u201d Donovan said. \u201cJust dealing with the knee soreness there. I think he&#8217;s still feeling it. &#8230; He&#8217;s on the court doing some stuff, but it&#8217;s pretty limited right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okoro, 25, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cavaliers-bulls-trade-fc3d6214575836af56b13c9dcb8c175c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was acquired;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;was acquired&quot;}\" class=\"link \">was acquired<\/a> in a trade with Cleveland. He is averaging 9.0 points in 55 games in his first season with Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s incredibly unselfish, in terms of he&#8217;s not like trying to hunt shots, trying to hunt points,\u201d Donovan said. \u201cEverything, when you talk to him, it&#8217;s never about him. It&#8217;s always about the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Sexton was acquired in a February trade with Charlotte. He is averaging 16.2 points in 12 games with Chicago going into the matchup with Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https&quot;}\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Chicago Bulls guard Collin Sexton returned to the lineup on Wednesday night after being sidelined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,3363,920,919,329,3824,305,1585,71864,3891,6,986,680],"class_list":["post-665830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bulls","tag-basketball","tag-billy-donovan","tag-bulls","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicagobulls","tag-cleveland","tag-collin-sexton","tag-fifth-consecutive-game","tag-isaac-okoro","tag-nba","tag-sacramento","tag-toronto"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116252879405521526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}